Hauterives, France
Le Palais Idéal
This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.
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Hauterives, France
This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.
Paris, France
Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.
Paris, France
This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Gimli, Manitoba
The largest single concentration of harmless garter snakes in the world is a writhing Canadian serpent orgy.
Berlin, Germany
Antique frame collection with 2,400 frames.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.
Berlin, Germany
At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.
Berlin, Germany
Puppet theater and museum holding a collection of more than 300.
Berlin, Germany
A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.
Berlin, Germany
This little museum is making sure that the art and history of the graffiti sticker is not scraped from history.
Berlin, Germany
From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.
Berlin, Germany
A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.
Berlin, Germany
A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.
Riga, Latvia
A small museum contains one of the largest collections of ethnic and traditional headgear in the world.
Sabile, Latvia
Just another terrifying garden filled with hundreds of endlessly smiling doll people.
Riga, Latvia
A preserved oak tree about 3,500 years old found in Riga, Latvia.
Krakow, Poland
Seven dragon statues—including one that breathes real fire—are scattered throughout the streets of Krakow.
Gdańsk, Poland
Several 12th-century ruins can be found inside this historical market.
Krakow, Poland
This cemetery of rusting Soviet-era steam locomotives and train cars offers an apocalyptic glimpse into a bygone era.
Krakow, Poland
Where visitors can play more than 150 retro arcade games.
Krakow, Poland
An underground city beneath Krakow's postwar socialist utopia.
Gdańsk, Poland
This museum in the tower of the oldest church in Gdańsk, is home to centuries-old time-keeping devices and the world's first pulsar clock.